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In this episode, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith look ahead to what 2026 will really mean for shared living — across PBSA, Build to Rent, co-living, university accommodation and later living.

We are sharing our predictions for this year:
- Where PBSA is likely to feel pressure — and where it will thrive
- How BTR continues to evolve as a mainstream rental product
- Why co-living’s growth will be quieter, but more meaningful
- What ongoing financial stress in higher education means for university accommodation
- Why rented later living remains one of the biggest long-term opportunities in housing

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Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
Mystudenthalls.com -  Reach thousands of students searching every month with 0% commission student accommodation listings.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

And our brand new sponsor:

Howden  - With a lifetime of expertise, Howden provides tailored insurance, property risk management, and wellbeing solutions for accommodation providers across the UK.

Who this episode is for:

• PBSA and student accommodation professionals
• BTR, co-living and rental operators
• Property developers and investors
• University and higher education leaders
• Anyone working in or around housing policy and shared living

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At the start of 2025, we made some bold predictions about what the year would bring for shared living, student accommodation, renting, and higher education.

Now the year is behind us — so it’s time to look back.

In this episode, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith revisit our 2025 predictions:
- what really happened with the Renters’ Rights Act
- whether the government made progress on its 1.5 million homes pledge
- how badly universities were affected by financial pressure and redundancies
- whether affordability improved (or not) across renting and student accommodation
- and what international student demand actually looked like in 2025.

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
Mystudenthalls.com - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

And our brand new sponsor:

Howden  - With a lifetime of expertise, Howden provides tailored insurance, property risk management, and wellbeing solutions for accommodation providers across the UK.

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Our special bonus episode brings together some of the sharpest minds in the sector for a timely and thought-provoking conversation on where student accommodation is heading next.

Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith are joined by Timothy Owen of Birmingham University, Jenny Shaw and Stephen Willis of Kexgill to tackle the big issues shaping the future of student living.

In this episode, we dive into:
• What the future student accommodation product really needs to deliver
• The growing impact of commuting students
• Affordability — and what can realistically be done
• Town & Gown relationships that actually work
• Building stronger, more connected communities

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
Mystudenthalls.com - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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This week, Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith tackle some of the questions sent it by our listeners.

Thank you to Katherine Austin, Clayre Massey, Ross Halliday, Paul Mercer, Dave Amor, Tim Stephens, Kelly-anne Watson and Sam Scott for your questions.

We cover:
- Marketing to millennial parents 
- Do desks still belong in bedrooms? 
- HMO responses to notice periods and summer void risk
- Is the trajectory of PBSA helping or hindering the future of HE success?
- Fair use utilities
- The growing reports of antisocial behaviour 
- How Councils and government can unlock affordability

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
Mystudenthalls.com - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Sarah Canning, Deenie Lee and Dan Smith are back in the latest episode of Housed, to discuss:  
- Marketplaces & university accommodation
- Their reaction to the Budget - is Labour making the housing crisis worse for Renters?
- And what exactly is subscription living?

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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In this episode, Sarah, Dan and Deenie deep dive into;

- The battle of amenities
- The missing middle
- Affordable vs affordable
- Being futurists
- Void room innovations
- And where are all the university courses going?

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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The hosts are dissecting a lot in this week's episode - here's a breakdown of what they discussed:

- PBSA vs HMOs is the gap going to get wider?
- Are we losing the affordable end of the market?
- Is the timing of the marketing to students going to shift?
- Do we need to get more political as a shared living sector?
- Is this the year of the rebooker?
- Why is price setting such a fight?

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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In this week's episode:
- The Class Foundation Conference round-up
- Sector realism
- The affordability slide
- Let’s get positive about renting
- Plus Ask the Expert on the Renters’ Rights Act with Amanda McNeil Partner, Head of Real Estate, Howard Kennedy LLP.

The episode covers data from St. James’s Place Real Life Advice 2025 report and the Knight Frank Student Accommodation Outlook 2025 Report.

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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This week the hosts, discuss what can be learnt from Appleby Blue Almshouse. A high-quality social collective housing for older people in Bermondsey, which has recently been awarded the RIBA Stirling Prize 2025 for it's outward-facing, community-first design. 

They discuss:
- Reducing loneliness
- Tech vs humans
- Keeping residents ‘sticky’
- Empowering the next generation

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.

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Dan Smith is back to join Deenie Lee and Sarah Canning for episode 77 of Housed. As well as hearing about Dan's new arrival, the team discuss:

- Labour's pledge to build 1.5 million Homes
- The native Student life in 2025/26 report
- Whether social media is undervalued as a marketing tool
- Operators using box-ticking wellbeing claims
- The maintenance loan gap driving affordability crunch
- Cushman & Wakefield UK Student Accommodation Report
- Unite Students  performance report and share price

Stay up to date on Housed podcast via its LinkedIn page.

Dan Smith is Founder of RESI Consultancy and Co-Founder of Verbaflo.AI Good Management.

Sarah Canning and Deenie Lee are Directors and Co-Founders of The Property Marketing Strategists - Elevating Marketing in Property.

Thank you to our season four sponsors:
MyStudentHalls - Find your ideal student accommodation across the UK.
Utopi - The smart building platform helping real estate owners protect the value of their assets.
Washstation - Leading provider of laundry solutions for Communal and Campus living throughout the UK and Ireland.